Reusable produce bags are a brilliant sustainable alternative to single-use plastic produce bags (those super thin ones you get in the fruit & veg and bakery sections). Would you guess that these are one of our most popular Christmas gift items? 🎅We think it is because they are so practical and useful and have such universal appeal.💚Come and browse our range, we are open weekdays 10.30am - 5.30pm, 9.30am - 4pm on Saturdays, and online always 😊

#Repost@gogreenmalapascua: Reducing the consumption of single use plastic is only in your hands. If you stop consuming this type of products, like this bottle, the big companies guilty of their production and their bad management, as in this case #cocacola will have to stop producing them. #StopPlasticPollution You have the option to choose and say no, to save our oceans!

We've got some exciting new products in store that we can't wait to share with you. First up - highlighter pencils! 😃How awesome are these? Literally wood and pencil lead in highlighter yellow! 💛No plastic waste at all. We've also got pencil sharpeners (also wood and a metal blade) because a) pencils occasionally need sharpening ✏️and b) we like to think of everything! Available on our website or in store (284 Albany Highway, Vic Park) ✨

A little love will ensure a lasting relationship with your Beeswax wrap. With proper care, you can expect your wrap to last over a year.

Hand-wash in COLD water and eco-friendly dish soap.

In COLD water the beeswax coating will be stiff, providing a stable surface to clean. Our beeswax wrap washes like a plate, not a piece of fabric. It can handle a light scrub with a gentle dishcloth or sponge.

For a heavily soiled wrap or if you have many to wash, run a bit of COLD water in your sink, add soap and immerse your wrap. Wash them like regular dishes. Do not let them soak for a prolonged period of time.

Dry your freshly washed wrap with a towel for immediate use or place over a dish rack. Do not wring.

Very unfortunate that thiese are our most used words... but we are in a time where we are already behind and so much of our planet already destroyed, single-use plastic fills our oceans. #healearth

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I have actually given company a cut up t-shirt to use as a napkin. My friends know I'm slightly mad when it comes to the environment. But I admit I drive my kids crazy!! (Isn't that my job??!😂).. However, when all is said and done. I've taught them about how humans have started destroying our planet, and what we can do to stop the damage!

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I stopped using paper towels & napkins AGES ago... What do you use?

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A repost I could not resist. Seriously... Are you STILL using plastic straws??

#Repost@gogreenmalapascua (@get_repost) ・・・ Reducing the consumption of single use plastic is only in your hands. If you stop consuming this type of products, like this bottle, the big companies guilty of their production and their bad management, as in this case @cocacola will have to stop producing them or offer us a solution. #StopPlasticPollution You have the option to choose and say no, to save our oceans!

#Repost@gogreenmalapascua (@get_repost) ・・・ Reducing the consumption of single use plastic is only in your hands. If you stop consuming this type of products, like this bottle, the big companies guilty of their production and their bad management, as in this case @cocacola will have to stop producing them or offer us a solution. #StopPlasticPollution You have the option to choose and say no, to save our oceans!

Reducing the consumption of single use plastic is only in your hands. If you stop consuming this type of products, like this bottle, the big companies guilty of their production and their bad management, as in this case @cocacola will have to stop producing them or offer us a solution. #StopPlasticPollution You have the option to choose and say no, to save our oceans!

Hartland Landfill, an sanitary engineered landfill site on 128 hectares of land, 48 of those landfill space. 407 kgs of waste per person are processed/year. If we continue at this pace the site will be filled (to the top of the ridge) by 2048. The top 4 items in our garbage are, for the most part, avoidable: organics 21.1%, wood and wood products 17.0%, paper and paperboard 15.4% and plastics (including styrofoam) 14.3%. That’s 67.8% that can be diverted to other waste streams - i.e., composting, reusing, recycling, energy recovery and ,in the case of single use plastics, avoided. The active face is where the day’s garbage goes and this 37 ton compactor runs back and forth over it for 10 hrs/day to decrease its mass. Despite all the efforts to contain the garbage, plastic bags, in whole or in part can be carried away on gusts of wind. Due to composting our garbage no longer needs to be bagged at our apartment complex. This might be the case where you live too.

Methane gas (from kitchen scraps) is captured and converted into energy. However, until we become more proficient at separating compostable items from our garbage, excess is flared off. Leachate from decomposition and rain is captured in lagoons, processed and released into sanitary systems. Landfill is not structurally sound so it becomes greenspace using soil from onsite, native species of plants and freshwater ponds. Our tour guide Avril presented a very thorough, and surprisingly fascinating overview of how the site works. Not sure how to dispose of your garbage? Go to myrecyclopedia.ca to find out that and more. Did you know? Don't flush your kitty litter down the toilet as cat poo contains parasites that can affect otters and other marine life.